Chemistry & Biochemistry
Student Research

The Chemistry & Biochemistry Department provides many student research opportunities, below are some student research experiences in Chemistry & Biochemistry from the last 24 months.

New Research Experiences: Spring 2024 Alyssa Orsini. NDM-1 Characterization and Stability. Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo. Undergrad, Academic Research. Ramzy Malak. Lysozyme Denaturation by Ionic Liquids. Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo. Undergrad, Academic Research. Riley Barry, Emily Mounas, Vidhi Pandya. Azurin Stability and Denaturation . Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo. Undergrad, Academic Research. Maxine Marano. Antimicrobial Compound Screening . Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo, James Grinias. Undergrad, Academic Research. Hailey Maurer. Antimicrobial Compound screening. Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo. Undergrad, Academic Research. Fall 2023 Krishna Paul. Antibiotic Ion Pairing. Research Mentor(s): Lark Perez. Grad, Academic Research. Autumn Vossler. Vancomycin Heptapeptide Derivatives. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Grad, Academic Research. Shaneice Smith. Training. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Tochukwu Felix. Synthesis of Vancomycin derivatives . Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Grad, Clinical Research. Ameer Smith-Bird. Synthesis of Aryl Sulfonate Intermediates. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Zachary Rosenzweig. Pulsed Electric Field. Research Mentor(s): Lark Perez, Gary Thompson. Grad, Academic Research. Madison Pisani. Novel Synthesis of Vancomycin Linear Heptapeptide. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Tajrian Khan, Soumya Rednam. Antibiotic Ion Pairing. Research Mentor(s): Lark Perez. Undergrad, Academic Research. Hailey Maurer. Antimicrobial Compound screening. Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo. Undergrad, Academic Research. Jonathan Santoro. Aryl Sulfonates as Radical Precursors. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Riley Barry. Azurin Stability and Denaturation. Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo. Undergrad, Academic Research. Ibrahim Gocmez. Bacterial Biofilms. Research Mentor(s): Lark Perez. Undergrad, Academic Research. Kasmier Vicioso. Benzofuran Method Development. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Grad, Academic Research. Zachary Coren. Benzofuran Methodology Development . Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Michael DiSanto. Bioluminescent Photoredox. Research Mentor(s): Lark Perez. Grad, Academic Research. Kasmier Vicioso. Dermorphin Analog Synthesis. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Grad, Academic Research. Ramzy Malak. Protein Stability with Ionic Liquids. Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo. Undergrad, Academic Research. Summer 2023 Anthony Marinelli. Research Mentor(s): Jack Myers. Undergrad, Community Based Research. Christina Caniglia. Amidyl Radicals SURP. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Ameer Smith-Bird. Aryl sulfonates. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Jonathan Santoro. Aryl Sulfonates as Radical Precursors. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Zachary Coren. Benzofuran Methodology Development . Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Bamidele Towolawi. Computational Design of Foldamer for Protein-Foldamer Binding. Research Mentor(s): Zhiwei Liu. Grad, Academic Research. Zachary Rosenzweig. Pulsed Electric Field. Research Mentor(s): Lark Perez, Gary Thompson. Grad, Academic Research. Autumn Vossler. Vancomycin Heptapeptide Derivatives . Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Grad, Academic Research.